rdist

rdist

The rdist command in Linux is used to distribute files and directories to multiple hosts. It is a powerful tool that can be used to synchronize files and directories across a network.

The rdist command is used in the following syntax:

rdist [options] [source] [target]

The source is the directory or file to distribute.

The target is the directory or file to copy the source to.

The options can be used to specify the following:

• -r : Recursively distribute the source to the target.

• -u : Update the target with the latest version of the source.

• -d : Delete the target before distributing the source.

• -c : Create the target directory if it does not exist.

For example, to distribute the directory /home/user/data to the directory /opt/data on all hosts in the mynetwork network, you would run the following command:

rdist -r -u /home/user/data /opt/data mynetwork

This command will recursively distribute the directory /home/user/data to the directory /opt/data on all hosts in the mynetwork network. The latest version of the files in /home/user/data will be copied to /opt/data.

To update the directory /opt/data with the latest version of the files in /home/user/data, you would run the following command:

rdist -u /home/user/data /opt/data

This command will update the directory /opt/data with the latest version of the files in /home/user/data.

To delete the directory /opt/data before distributing the source, you would run the following command:

rdist -r -c -u /home/user/data /opt/data

This command will recursively distribute the directory /home/user/data to the directory /opt/data. The directory /opt/data will be deleted before the distribution starts.

To create the directory /opt/data if it does not exist, you would run the following command:

rdist -r -c /home/user/data /opt/data

This command will recursively distribute the directory /home/user/data to the directory /opt/data. If the directory /opt/data does not exist, it will be created.

The rdist command is a powerful tool that can be used to synchronize files and directories across a network. It is a versatile command that can be used to distribute files and directories to multiple hosts.

help

rdist: invalid option -- '-'
Usage: rdist [-cDFnv] [-A <num>] [-a <num>] [-d var=value]
        [-f distfile] [-l <msgopt>] [-L <msgopt>] [-M <maxproc>]
        [-m host] [-o <distopts>] [-p <rdistd-cmd>] [-P <rsh-path>]
        [-t <timeout>] [target ...]
OR:    rdist [-cDFnv] -c source [...] machine[:dest]
OR:    rdist -V

The values for <distopts> are:
        chknfs,chkreadonly,chksym,compare,follow,ignlnks,nochkgroup,nochkmode,nochkowner,nodescend,noexec,numchkgroup,numchkowner,quiet,remove,savetargets,sparse,verify,whole,younger

Where <msgopt> is of form
        <facility1>=<type1>,<type2>,...:<facility2>=<type1>,<type2>...
Valid <facility> names: stdout file syslog notify
Valid <type> names: change info notice nerror ferror warning verbose all debug